UPS has several ongoing electrification efforts to convert its massive fleet of delivery vehicles and today, they announced a new step in their partnership with Workhorse to build 50 all-electric delivery trucks. expand full story

An executive says the company has now transitioned from having a concept vehicle to showcase and begun moving into production mode. That’s according to Workhorse’s business development manager John LaFleur, who added the company is deep into the engineering and design phase, currently finalizing elements like the chassis design and composite body structure. expand full story

Workhorse, an electric fleet vehicle startup that delivered a fleet of 125 hybrid electric delivery vans to UPS (which recently ordered 200 more), announced this week that it is started development of an electric PHEV pickup truck built on its own platform.

The company sets the goal to be the first to market with a plug-in electric pickup truck in 2018. expand full story